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Amber Torres is an Illustrator from Boston, MA with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Communication from Hamilton College.
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Amber has become a trusted voice in the city's grassroots art and media scene through her past lectures, panels, art exhibitions and interviews with guests such as Dr. Cornel West, neo-soul duo Oshun, Representative Liz Miranda and countless other local artists, activists and entrepreneurs.
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Amber strives to increase access to the arts for disadvantaged communities through her outreach work and arts programming, both online and at local schools / community centers. She is currently the Youth Programs Coordinator at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts.​
FINE ARTS PRACTICE
EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES & PANELS
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Panelist, The Changing Landscape of Media Coverage of the Arts, moderated by WBUR's Maria Garcia, Boston Art Book Fair 2019
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Panelist, Podcasting your net, The Next Edition conference hosted by the Daily Free Press at Boston University, 2019
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Lecturer, Lecture for Professor William Marx Art Criticism course, Boston University, 2019
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Lecturer, Podcasting Workshop for Madison Park Highschool TV and Video Department, 2018
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Panelist, Reporting on the Arts in Boston, hosted by he Whitest Cube and PRX Podcast Garage, Boston 2018
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Co-Curator, Innercity Circle: an Intergenerational show of Boston based artists, Strand Theater Gallery & Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall, in collaboration with Mfalme Kenyatta and the Dorchester Art Project, City of Boston Opportunity Fund Grant, 2019
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Co-Curator, Urban Gala, Urbano Project, funded by Hamilton College Kirkland Endowment, Aug 2014
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Co-Curator, Hoods of Boston, Z Gallery, Boston, Aug 2013
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Boston Arts Academy, 2008-2012
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Fashion Institute of Technology Summer Studios, 2008, 2010
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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2012
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Putney School Summer Arts Intensive, 2011
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Art Students League of New York, 2011-present
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The Museum of Fine Arts, 2017
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Mass Art Saturday Studios, 2007
AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
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Finalist, 2020 Public Space Invitiational in collaboration with the NIghtingale Community Garden and Dorchester Art Project, sponsored by TD Bank, The Trustees, New Urban Mechanics and the City of Boston
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Nominee, Boston Music Awards, Best Podcast Hoodgrown Aesthetic
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Levitt Center Social Innovation Fellowship, Hamilton College, 2016
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Emerson Collaborative Research Grant, Washington D.C, 2015​
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Congressional Art Competition, District Rep for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Capitol, 2012
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